Roger Doran of Kimball died peacefully in his sleep in the early morning hours of Friday, June 9, 2017, at CentraCare-Paynesville Hospital after many years of congestive heart failure. He was 79. 
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at the First Baptist Church of Cokato with Troy Roemer officiating. Visitation will be from 3:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, at Dingmann Funeral Care in Kimball, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., and one hour prior to the funeral Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Kimball Cemetery.
Roger John Doran was born Sept. 10, 1937, in Minneapolis to John Joseph and Minnie Estelle (Marshall) Doran. He attended South High School in Minneapolis, and entered the U.S. Navy at age 17. Roger was a gunner’s mate in the Navy. His service included a year at the Naval Air Facility Adak in the Aleutian Islands (Alaska) where he worked in intelligence with the U.S. Marine Corps. He served a total of five years, with three years attached to the Marines.
Roger married Sheila Tousignant and they had two sons; they divorced. He married Maxine Johnson Feb. 2, 1963; he adopted her two daughters, and together they had two more children. They made their home in Minneapolis until relocating to Kimball in 1972.
After his military service, Roger became a journeyman bookbinder, He also worked as an electrician, in a dental lab, and he farmed. In retirement, he became a missionary through Amazing Grace Ministries and traveled to state fairs around the country to evangelize.
Roger was crazy about the Navy, enjoyed farming, learning, and fishing. He could learn anything from scratch. Roger’s passion was for sharing Christ with others and in leading them to accept Jesus as their Savior.
Roger was preceded in death by his parents, and infant grandson Nicholas Delozier. 
He is survived by his wife Maxine of Kimball; sister Ruth Ann (and Michael) Soltis of Duluth; children Jean (and Anton) Matua of Kimball, Michael (and Linda) Delozier of Lakeside, Calif., Judy Lindberg of St. Cloud, Kenny (and Mary) Delozier of San Diego, Calif., Deb (and Bill) Thormodson of Hanska, Minn., and John (and Karen) Doran of Kimball; 14 grandchildren: George Matua; Bethany Delozier and Lacy (and Richard) Cramer; Michael Moscho, Leah Doran, Andrew Lindberg, and Gabriel Lindberg; Kenny DeLozier Jr.; Olivia, Peter (and fiancée Alyssa), Victoria, and Lydia Thormodson; Nicole (and fiancé Draven House) and David Doran; great-grandchildren Brayden Wozniak and Stella Delozier; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be his grandchildren David and Nicole Doran, Leah Doran, Andrew and Gabriel Lindberg, and George Matua. Jan Ostroot will provide music for the service. Arrangements were by Dingmann Funeral Care & Cremation of Kimball. Memorials are preferred to the First Baptist Church of Cokato.
The family would like to thank all of the wonderful and caring medical staff who have been involved in his care during the past four months especially, and for the past decades of this journey.